August 2026:

• Blue Bastion Call 2: Research and Demonstration Projects for Maritime Security, 26 Augustus (09:30 - 18:00), Fort Napoleon, Oostende (full house, but shorter online session on August 30th)
• Creating digital trust (lerend netwerk), lessenreeks beginnend op 27 augustus (9u30-13u30), Agoria, Diegem

September 2026:

• Cybersec Netherlands, 9-10 September, Utrecht
• Securing the Age of AI Agents: An Industry Briefing, 10 september (13-19u30), organised by KULeuven-DistriNet
• De toekomst begint vandaag: innovatie voor een duurzame en competitieve agrovoedingsindustrie (Workshop), vrijdag 11 september 2026 (10:00-15:30), HOGENT - Campus Schoonmeersen. Organisatie: Vlaamse HogescholenRaad samen met Flanders Food en VLAIO
• Port of the Future Week, 15 (DroneHorizon '26) en 16 (Autonomous Summit) September, Quay 102, Antwerp
• CyberBrew 2026, 15 September 2026 (EuraTechnologies, Lille). L'événement qui réunit cybersécurité et culture craft beer. Une journée de conférences techniques, de rencontres et de découvertes brassicoles. Oui, c'est en Français.
• Physical AI & Mobile Robotics: Beyond the hype, 15 September (12-17u30), Diepenbeek, in-person event organised by Flanders Make with hands-on workshop "From Simulation to Reality: AI for Robotics and Computer Vision" in the morning
• OT/ICS Security Focus Group, 16 september, BDO Zaventem
• Waves of Change – Samen naar een inclusieve toekomst, 16 September (9u30-14u15), Blauwe Cluster
• The Bar's Autumn Edition '26, 17 September, Raccoons HQ, Heverlee
• Beltug Summer Bar, 21 september, Brightspace (Heverlee)
• BE‑CYBER, the Cyber Security Coalition’s flagship annual event, 22 september (9u30-17u30), La Sucrerie in Wavre
• Digital Workplace Brussels, 22 September, Sparks Brussels, best conference on Modern Work, Internal Communications and Intranets in the Age of AI
• Defending with AI: Sovereignty, Cyber Resilience & Operational Trust, 24 September, Corda Campus (Hasselt)
• BruCON 0x12, 21-25 September 2026, Lamot + Novotel Mechelen, Tickets here

Oktober 2026

• OverMorgen: Onderwijs in Tijden van AI, 2 Oktober, Wintercircus Gent
• 🚀 International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) & Ocean Energy Europe, Den Haag, 5-7 oktober, Closing Event of the Offshore For Sure project
• 🚀🚀 Stagemarkt Howest voor ICT Profielen, 5 oktober, Depart Kortrijk
• Bright New World, Engineering the AI-Driven Economy, 6 oktober 2026, Agoria annual event
• ABISS Summit, 8 Oktober, Kortrijk XPO
• Industrial CyberSec Forum (ICSF), October 13th, Hi!Site (Grimbergen)
• 🚀 Tech&Meet: Van code naar compliance: de AI Act voor developers en IT-teams, 13 oktober (19-20h30), Howest Brugge. Privacy- en AI-specialist Olivier Sustronck (Mr. Franklin) vertaalt de nieuwe wetgeving naar de dagelijkse praktijk van developers, softwareprojecten en IT-organisaties
• Flanders AI Forum, 20 Oktober, Nekkerhal Mechelen
• 🚀 Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen, 22 Oktober, Flanders Expo (Gent). Thema: "Soeverein in een Verbonden Wereld" en een Vlaanderen Hackathon.
• 🚀 Proxmox VE Deployment and Management, 26-27 October, Howest Brugge, two-day certification training on the Proxmox VE core technical skills for single server deployments
• 🚀 Proxmox VE Clustering and Shared Storage, 28-29 October, Howest Brugge, provides the technical skills to get a solid understanding of deploying, managing and integrating Proxmox VE nodes into a high-availability resource-optimized cluster
• 🚀 Tech&Meet: From Mythos to open models: the real state of AI security, 27 oktober (19-20h30), Howest Brugge with AI researcher and engineer Niels Rogge (ML6/HuggingFace), who takes a critical look at the ongoing debate around AI security, open-source models, and the claims made by leading AI companies
• 🚀 Navy Captains of Industry Day x Drone West, 29 oktober 2026, Bluebridge Wetenschapspark, Oostende
• InnovFest 3.0, 29 oktober 2026 (12:30 - 18:30), Technopolis Mechelen, aangeboden door de zeven Vlaamse speerpuntclusters (De Blauwe Cluster, Biovia, Catalisti, ent.a, Flanders' FOOD, Flux50, VIL)
• 🚀 Flanders Technology & Innovation Festival, met activiteiten in Kortrijk (26 okt - 8 nov, in cooperation with Howest), in Gent (18 okt - 15 nov), Brussels, Leuven, Antwerpen, Mechelen, Genk en Hasselt. 8 Steden, 30 dagen, meer dan 100 events
  en 1.000 innovaties, maar ze zijn Brugge weer vergeten...
• 🚀 FTI Industry Day Kortrijk, 27 oktober, Hangar K, Kortrijk, met tech talks, demo's en labobezoeken in Howest en Kortrijk Weide.
• IT Business Circle, meerdere sessies vanaf 31 oktober in Kortrijk, Gent, online, ...

November 2026:

• CHAIN5 Annual Conference 2026 Bruges, Howest Brugge, 3-5 November about Vocational Education and Training
• The European Sovereign Cyber & Defence AI Forum, 16-19 November 2026, Rennes (FR)
• 🚀 Mobile Innovation 2026 / BusWorld, 17 November, presentatie door Laurens Singier (Howest)
• 🚀 Tech&Meet: Het masker van AI, 17 november (19-20h30), Howest Brugge, met Wim Casteels (AP Hogeschool), auteur van het boek Het masker van AI, die ons mee neemt voorbij de hype en de technologie, aan de hand van herkenbare voorbeelden toont hij hoe AI onze samenleving, economie, arbeidsmarkt en democratie beïnvloedt.
• 🚀 Hack the Future 2026 - The Curse of Achrona, 24-25 November, Antwerp
• Masterclass Offshore For Sure (O4S) – IT Architecture, date TBA (12u30-17u), De Kaap Vlissingen
• Health tech investor Summit, 30 Nov-2 Dec, Brugge
• CyberSecurity Bites, 3 december 2026, Lamot Mechelen

December 2026

• 🚀 Tech&Meet: Securing the Media: Cybersecurity Challenges at a National Broadcaster. 8 December (19-20h30), Howest Gebouw A. Gerben Dierick, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at VRT, provides an insider's perspective on cybersecurity within one of Belgium's largest media organizations

2027:

• 🚀 Tech&Meet: Think before you click: human vs phishing, 23 februari 2027 (19-20u30), Howest Brugge, with Simon Bauwens (co-founder of Outkept). He explores the human side of cybersecurity and explains why awareness remains a critical defense against phishing attacks
• 🚀 Tech&Meet: Q-Day Is Coming: Are Your Systems Ready?, 2 maart 2027 (19-20u30), Howest Brugge. Tom Wittevrouw (Palo Alto Networks) explores the emerging field of Post-Quantum Security and explains why the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography has already begun.
• 🚀 EVOLV / interuniversity Job Market for Young Researchers (afstudeerbeurs), 25 maart 2027, Flanders Expo
• NISDUC (NIS Directive User Conference), the Hague (NL), 11-12 May 2027
• Nerdland Festival, 14-17 mei 2027, Provinciaal Domein Puyenbroeck (Wachtebeke)
• SecAppDev 2027 is scheduled for June 7th - 11th, 2027

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